Posts Tagged ‘California’
ZXR Restore – 4/7/2008
More engine bay work, rust converter being used in some areas.
Photos Taken: 04/07/2008
9/5/2011: Updated Title, as they are quite a few in the restore series
ZXR Restore – 4/6/2008
Photos Taken 4/06/2008
9/5/2011: Updated Title, as they are quite a few in the restore series
Beginning the Restore
Thus began the restore on the ZXR. The Turbo engine had been pulled out, and I began what was supposed to be a fairly quick restore and as of this writing (7/6/2011) it is still somewhat on going. There was some small rust damage that can be seen in the images.
Photos Taken: 4/1/08
240z Purchase
Around this time I decided I wanted to get another 240z (old ones were not posted as I no longer own then and were junk out).
While I have not done much with this car sense the purchase, I expect to start on it fairly soon as the ZXR project is now drawling to an end.
The 240Z has been an excellent car, and has severed me well on my cross country tour as well.
Photos Taken: 3/25/08
ZXR engine swap – III
These are the last of the Turbo Swap Pictures. I would later pull them item out (early 2008) and have it rebuilt as a flat-top L28NA. At this pointed I elected to start fixing some issues with the car that were becoming apparent. The turbo was fun, but at the time of this swap smog etc were large issues, I elected to return to a more stock solution so that I could retain the original EFI.
Photos Taken: 10/28/2007
ZXR engine swap – II
Photos Taken: 10/28/2007
ZXR engine swap – I
As mentioned in the previous post there was a string of events that occurred that forced me swap out the original engine. The original engine had suffered from sitting for 20+ years in a garage. Around this time a turbo engine became available, and I had been toying with the idea of swapping in a turbo engine. The turbo was swapped in, and I ran with for some time, and it was a blast. However, there were some questions on this engine. Ultimately we pulled the engine and rebuilt the engine with flat tops and a modified cam. While the turbo was a blast, California regulations and keeping the car in as close to original trim won out. I mention these details as I did not take pictures of the car when swapping the rebuilt engine back in.
Photos Taken: 10/28/2007
New Injectors
The Z had been having some minor starting problems for a few months at the time of these pictures. It was probably becoming more noticeable now with the colder weather (Cold for California). Thus began a series of replacements to try and resolve this issues. This was early in the process, and I am noting everything now as I did not take photos of every little thing that I replaced over a period of several months. The car would simply not start reliably, this was typically resolved by holding down the gas. So long as you got it start, she would run great. If you missed the opportunity…..it could be an hour or more before she would start. I would find out several months later that the engine has an issue between cylinders 3-4 (if memory serves me correctly). Compression was good, but the 20 years of sitting in a garage in Ohio had taken it’s toll on the car. Sadly the engine block was so far gone that I ended up swapping in a new engine. While most of this detail is not related to this post, I write is to explain why I had to start making changes to this car.
Some items I had replaced: AFM, Distributor, Injectors, Blaster Coil, EFI Connectors, All EFI Sensors as well as various EFI Compenets
Photos Taken: 1/18/2007
2006 – Taco Bell – Z Meet
Photos Taken: 12/16/2006 – Taco Bell: Los Angeles, California
This images were originally lost, glad to have found them
Edit: 3/31/2011 – re-edited photos
Random California Pics – 2006
Sadly, I have lost a great deal of my pictures from when I originally got my car. If any turn up I will post them. 🙂
EDIT: 3/15/2011 – Edited photos added & originals deleted , changes are minor as the pictures were taken in a low quality format.
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